Because if they see you they will clamp down,” Varney said. “And you can sit there with a nail file and try to pry the chiton off; you will lose.” Speiser and his colleagues are continuing to ...

Speiser and his colleagues are continuing to investigate chiton vision. It’s a bit of a challenge. For one, “a video of a chiton and a picture of a chiton kind of look the same,” Varney quipped.

A rare iron mineral has been discovered in the teeth of a living organism for the first time – one that bears the pet name “wandering meatloaf.” They’re more commonly known as chiton, a ...

The dentition of the gumboot chiton, a lumbering mollusk, contains a rare mineral never before seen in a living animal. By Emily Anthes The gumboot chiton is not a glamorous creature. The large ...

An international team of scientists recently set about replicating that functionality, ultimately producing a chiton-girdle-inspired material that is both flexible and impact-resistant.

image: The chiton mollusk, which is about 1 to 2 inches long, has a series of eight large plates and is ringed by a girdle of smaller, more flexible scales. The mollusk is the inspiration behind a ...

You'd probably walk past a chiton without even seeing it. These creatures often look like nothing more than another speck of seaweed on the crusty intertidal rocks. But it sees you. At least, if ...

A rare iron mineral has been discovered in the teeth of a living organism for the first time -- one that bears the pet name "wandering meatloaf." ...

The largest chiton in the world, it can reach 13 inches in length. Researchers were surprised to find santabarbaraite in the mollusk’s tooth because it’s previously been found only in rocks.